And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mount.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sin. The Scripture designates by this name not only the evil action, but also the propensity to it, the object, matter, occasion, punishment , or victim of sin.
The calf. He broke the idol in pieces, and then ground it small, Exodus xxxii. 20. (Calmet)